Force-feeder



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J. O. RILEY. FORGE EEEDEE.

Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

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FORGE FEEDER. No. 424,824. Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

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FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,824, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed December 31, 1889- gerial No. 335,562. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN CLAXTON RILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inForce-Feeders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a f ul],clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the rollers of a sugar-mil]. forregrindin g an d shows the force-feeder applied to it. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the flexible connection N to a larger scale.Fig. 3isaplan of the force feeder.

My invention relates to a force-feeder for feeding bagasse between therollers of a regrinding-mill or into bagasse-burners, or for feedingsawdust into refuse-furnaces.

In regrindingqnills the rollers should be adjusted in close contact inorder to obtain a good extraction of juice, and as the bagasse doesnotthen readily enter between the rollers it becomes necessary to providesome means for facilitating a positive and regular feed of the bagasse,so as to effect a perfect and economical operation of the mill.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

An endless carrier A. brings the bagasse from the first mill, (notshown) where the sugar-canes have been subjected to a first pressure.The resulting bagasse which the first mill has discharged onto thecarrier A is dumped onto a chute B, extending the whole length of themill-rollers O and the same width as carrier A. The chute B isstationary and has sides D, forming a continuation of the sides E ofcarrierA. At the lower end of chute B is a stationary table F of thewhole length of the mill-rollers G. On the upper surface of this table Fis a plate G of the same length as the mill-rollers C, and arranged soas to have a backward and forward motion, and at its forward motion topenetrate between the 1nil1-rollers O to near the point where thecircumferences touch each other. A. flexible apron of rubber or leatherII, resting onplate G and fastened to chute B by one edge, prevents anybagasse from being drawn backward by the backward mot-ion of plate G. ofplate G is obtained by means of two arms I, fastened to a rock-shaft J,which extends across the mill and is supported on standards K. The shaftJ receives its motion through from an eccentric or crank. (Not shown.) Ihave placed an adjustable yielding connection N in the connecting-rods O0 between the arms I and the plate Gin case the bagasse on the other.This yielding connection, as shown at Fig. 2 in section and at N onFigs. 1 and 3, consists of a spiral spring Pin a casing Q. At each endof the casing Q are caps R R. rod 0, and T is a jam-nut on rod 0. Rod 0screws into cap R, while rod 0 can slide in capR. The collar S, which isscrewed on end of rod 0, can slide in casing Q, as the inequalities ofthe bagasse. By turning this collar S on the screw end of the rod 0 thetension of the spring P can be adjusted as may be required.

&c., have been made before; but I consider the yielding connectionnecessary to overcome irregularities in the quantities of bagasse, andthe table F serves also the purpose the chute 13 from coming in contactwith the lower roller, so that any absorption of the juice which runsdown the lower roller by the bagasse is prevented.

ters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the stationary table F, the sliding plate G,and the rockshaft J, having arms I, of the rods 0 O and said rods,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the rollers C O, the chute l3,the stationary tableF, the sliding force-plate G, the rock-shaft J, having arms stantiallyas shown and described.

The combination, with the sliding plate The backward and forward motiona suitable connection L and arm M, either should be thicker on one sideof the mill than S is a collar screwed on the end of the spring P iscompressed or extended by any I am aware that force-feeds forcane-mills, So

of preventing the bagasse which falls down \Vhat I claim, and desire tosecure by Let an adjustable yielding connection between 5 I, and theyielding connecting-rods O O,sub- I00 G, the rock-shaft J, having armsI, and the rods 0 O, of the spiral spring P, the casing Q, having caps RR, the adjustable collar S, and the jam-nut '1, substantially asdescribed. 5 4:. The combination of the rollers C O, the chute B, thetable F, the sliding force-plate G, the flexible apron H, attached tothe lower end of the chute and extended onto said plate, the rock-shaftJ and an adjustable yielding connection between said shaft and plate,sub- 10 stantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two Witnesses.

JOHN CLAXTON' RILEY.

Vitnesses:

WALTER H. 000K, ROBERT RIEs.

